Welcome to the Deep Freeze, Arctic Cold on the Way

The first full week of 2015 is expected to be a bitterly cold one in northeast Missouri and western Illinois.

The area dodged a bullet over the weekend precipitation-wise, winding up with rain Saturday and a light dusting of snow Sunday. Starting Tuesday night, however, National Weather Service forecasters say we will bear the full brunt of an arctic cold front.

There is a slight chance of snow late Monday afternoon through midnight. High temperatures Monday and Tuesday will get to the low 20s, with a low Monday night in the upper teens.

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Tuesday night is when the bottom falls out, with a low of one-above predicted. There will be sunshine Wednesday, with a high of only three-above, and a low Wednesday night of minus-four. There will also be blustery conditions, so sub-zero wind chills will also be a part of the mid-week weather equation.

Temperatures bounce back, sort of, Thursday through Sunday, with high running from the upper teens to the mid-20s Thursday through Saturday to 30 on Sunday. Lows will dip to the high single digits to the low teens Thursday and Friday to the upper teens Saturday.